Not sure how you got Star Trek Generations playing on that thing, but I'm glad you did haha. Very appropriate.

In the second half of the 90s, the 200LX was my main machine. I always had it (and a big PCMCIA flash drive) with me, read and wrote 1000s of emails and Usenet posts on it, traded megabytes worth of files on BBSs and all that good stuff. I think it was the most important computer I ever had.

I was so obsessed with mobile computers back then. The first were personal digital assistant devices my grandfather didn't use anymore. When I had my own money, I got a Palm, an iPaq and later a Pocket LOOX, and a Samsung PDA/smart device.

Not sure why but I just love when it's possible to get something to work through two or more layers of adapters, it's the visual of the nested nonsense that works regardless, seeing that old tiny PC reading a micro SD thanks to three different adapters brought a smile to my face :)

it is quite empressive how such a small device is able to play back from the future and star trek

Star Trek: Generations! Even text based I would recognize that beautiful ship anywhere! EDIT: For bonus points, its the scene in stellar cartography right before they warp to Veridian III. I'm going to go get a life now!

Oh this makes me so happy to watch. Can't tell you how many hours I spent working with my 200. I also had the 95LX first! Incredible machine. I had a bootable PCMCIA card and ran an accounting software on it. It went everywhere I went for a long time. I wish I had it back.

Glad you mentioned the n900. IMO, one of the most capable mobile devices ever made for its time, bar none. It could even run a full debian linux GUI.

90s technology really is fascinating How some companies made devices we never thought they did, devices that are similar to our current tech and yet so different in terms of specs and functionality or similar and predating current things.

I owned a 95LX in the 1990's, and used it in math/engineering college classes with Derive symbolic calculus software on a PCMCIA care, now owned by TI and in their fancy calculators all these years later. It was a neat machine and batteries lasted a long time. I had a SCSI adapter and also a little printer. Eventually while in college I stepped up to a Dell Dimension XPS 90 tower system, which was a major improvement. I think I still have the HP somewhere. Cool video. Brings back memories.

I was working for one of HP’s instrument divisions when these came out. I ended up using these to interface to mechanical measurement devices and network analyzers to run statistical process control software we wrote. We also worked on some CNC projects to assist manufacturing with assembly tasks. It was an incredibly capable device that could punch well above its weight. The various HIL peripherals made it possible to interface with a lot of external devices.

I remember being handed one of these during a computer & technology-focused summer camp as a kid. I was absolutely blown away by the little device! When they said "Palmtop" I didn't think such a thing was possible outside of your cheap pocket organizers.

I bought a second hand one in (I think) 2000 or 2001 and used it daily for about a decade. Lovely little machines. One drawback was that it was possible to lock it up so badly that even the ctrl-shift-on combo wouldn't work. Frequent backups were a good idea.

I had the HP95LX and was awesome as a design engineer writing my own solver equations. Later I had the Toshiba Libretto, and ran the companion pack HP software so I could still use all my solver equations. I also bought the Rex too!

Thanks for doing the captions! They're of very high quality and I'm sure many people like myself also appreciate them.

I wish someone would make something like this nowdays, surely a full high end 486 dx2 100 with a bunch of cache 16mb ram (maybe 32?) Sound blaster and such can be made small enough to fit and work well, real good screen from a modern phone, but the same form factor and actual real usesable keyboard, perhaps with a thinkpad nub style mouse in it and a pair of micro sd card slots, usb type a, and of course a gameport. It would be great to be able to windows 95 in my pocket. I had always hoped i could one day mod my nokia n97 to run a different os, but i dont have the patience to learn to code, let alone port a bunch of software to it.

90s stuff is so hardware amazing and ahead of its time that it still fascinates me and I'm always happy when i nab a cool piece of 90s tech! I still have a newer Jornada 720 w a color screen but it's not in a good shape, still want another working one and also a Psion 5mx those things were amazing, I regret selling mine 20yrs ago. Nice video!

I love to see this video because it make me feel like I sat in Delorean and bring me back in the time that I was young. Technology in 90s were always so cool, exciting and fascinating moment..... I growing up with 286...386...486...pentium 4... or monochrome....cga/ega...vga...svga.... or super famicom/ gameboy...play 1/wii... or VHS/laser disc...vcd...dvd...bluray...streaming or Symbion phone...pocketPC phone...smartphone (iOS/Android) ....It's extraordinary experience to see everything around us changed step-by-step during we 're growing up 😉😉😉

it would be fun to try coding assembly for these old devices to write code that's as optimised as possible and try to get some 3d graphics out of it. This tech is so fascinating, it's really fun to see a pda fit inside another pda, if one battery dies, you move on to the other.

Couldn't believe my eyes seeing the whole PCMCIA Card fitted inside the device! This makes the size of this device even more astonishing!

I had one of these (HP200LX) back in the day. Carried it around and the battery can last a long time. I had several ebooks on it. Ran spreadsheets on it, wrote notes and so on. Even had a infrared port. Very capably device for its time.

My father owned a 200LX for his business back in the 90s and I wrote a software tailored for his uses and made especially for this system. These were my first steps in software development. I remember the pure feeling of freedom when running this machine, opening the whole DOS world in a pocket, and that with amazing specs for the times! And thanks for your video - it's a wholesome appreciation for this powerful device!

Modern computers frequently do not format SD cards properly. Try formatting with a different device for formatting (e.g. a good camera, pda, etc.). And look on forums to see what SD card brands/sizes are confirmed to work with your HP 200LX (or other old device).

That star trek video with 1 bit sound reminds me of watching tv on a 13 inch black and white tv in my grandparents house in the 90s.

That was my organizer and I used most of it's functions for a few years. Really a very helpful little computer.

I had one of these as a kid... I got it in the early 2000s from a garage sale... I wish I still had it now

I made so many webpages in the lates 90s when I was supposed to be paying attention in class. I had macros for common html tags to help write them. Thanks for bringing back those memories. I had the 100lx, always wanted to get the 200 but as a student it was out of reach.

This looks like a fun device for retro computing hours even without games. Really reminds me of the whole era of PALM handhelds except as full blown PC.

Ooo, that outro track is an excellent cover! Interesting how they transposed the key. It made it simultaneously familiar yet strange, like going back to your home town and the roads aren’t quite as they used to be.

I miss this era of computing. Although I had no access to a computer back then I would see all these great devices in magazines (the closest I could get to a computer) and fawn over them. The internet was still new to most people and utterly fascinating. I always imagined how cool it would be to have a job when I grew up where I would have these types of computers and travel all around.

Always good to see a new video

Love your channel, presenting somewhat obscure devices, especially for my age, and very soothing calming voice to present. Nice video this one. Cheers.

I always being fascinated by the charm of older machines.

I do have one with manuals etc, but not used for long time. Loved this device when I worked in HP back in the 90.

When I was a kid, I saw one at a store. I wanted one so badly! I begged my parents for one. They laughed and said yeah, right. I vowed to one day have such a device. I had blackberries. The first Android phone. An iPhone in my pocket right now. :-)

Thanks! Love your well researched and understated presentations

A PIM inside a Palmtop PC running full DOS. These were super cool at the time.

So my mom actually had one of these, well both my parents before they upgraded. They bought it used for a okay price back then, it was in color and she used it for invoices and accounting. The both of them were making a shit ton of cash in the mid 90s-early 00s through their construction business. They would use laptops and stuff, but would use these when they didnt want to lug around a laptop. I always tried to get either this or the PDA from my dads truck to "play" on. Meetings, customer info, invoices, material invoices, manifests, phone numbers, equipment info, equipment insurance, emails, the whole lot was on those things. My mom eventually got rid of it in a yard sale around 2006? Just before the crash was on the horizon. She sold a lot of her business computers for like $30 when in reality she couldve netted around $200 or more each. She still has the mentality that if she tries to sell a PC or whatever that no one will want it and will sell it for god awful cheap. (I being a very young child fondly remember playing on it with note pad and stuff. Just typing gibberish or playing with a calculator function lmao)

12:32 I really do appreciate that you (and some other content creators) put captions / subtitles im their videos. It helps me a lot since English is not my native language (but your accent is a joy and make understanding very easy). Also, and most importantly, this is very respectful and inclusive to those who are deaf / hard of hearing. Even some music videos from big labels nowadays are providing captions too since they can enjoy the visuals together with the lyrics. And lots of 'KZfaqrs' does not even turn on the automatic captions in their videos. Sure, they are far from perfect but it helps a lot and most mistakes are easy to guess. So, thank you very much for the captions too. 😊

Used it up until iphone2. For about 10 years. Their replacement program was awesome.

10:30 You magnificent bastard. Also, I actually recognized some of those demos going by on its tiny screen, so it was doing something right!

Amazing to see this today. It was a dream machine for nerds in those days.

This is one of the last products to bear the DNA from the HP-35, the first pocket scientific calculator, from 1972. HP was still innovating at that point, but the seeds of ruin had already been planted in 1987, with the introduction of the HP PaintJet. Now, HP is just a big corporate cash grab.

I can't believe I recognised star Trek generations from the first video... either I'm a huge nerd or that screen just worked

I don't know if you noticed but theres a very high pitched noise in your voiceover and its a bit distracting, other than that - what a lovely machine!!

The film with the line "Time is the fire in which we burn" I still have my Libretto 100 with docking station. I sometimes turn it one for old times sake. I first saw one running NT4 server and being used as an emergency file server.

I remember this machine as our Industrial Technology teacher had one.

Thanks for the video! I’ve had several HP Palmtops in the past and love them so much that I even started making videos about them recently. Its great to see people are still interested in such devices like I am.😊

Loved the card > adapter > adapter > adapter solution.

The adaptor-recursion was just perfect! Had a good laugh. Also great use of the REX card!

Having now experienced the HP 200LX up close, I can see this is a stunning machine compared to other handhelds that were around. Even though it stayed mostly in the business world, this was a top shelf product from the 90s. I hope this video shows how amazing it was for it's time. If you owned or used one of these back then then let me know. I've heard that people loved the 200LX so much that many continued to use them well into the 2000s. There is also a fan base that continues to this day. Hi and welcome to you. I hope you enjoyed this take on the HP 200LX.

I had twice of this wonder computer in midle 90 here in Brazil, use the worksheet a lot on my business, controling production and results. Useg also with a moden on internet and e-mail!!! Just run very fast, very trustfull and very ease to use & understanding.

I had one of the follow ups, the HP 320lx I think, loved it at the time, gonna go digging in the attic and see if I can find it now!

Even the voice over sounds retro. Very nice😊

Theres something beautiful about 90s tech

I still have my 200LX with a custom internal memory upgrade and few different expansion cards for more memory and WiFi. I even have the book that came with it. I can't throw anything away.

Thank you! This was fun!

please make more of these videos, you did a great job

It was SO cool. We were issued one at work, and were always shocked at how much it could do. Loved having it on me all the time.

1:31 It's the stellar cartography scene from Star Trek Generations.

This was amazing!!!

I remember this one vividly. I also almost bought their later Windows CE based version.

They were awesome. I grew up in the same city where they were produced and my friends parents worked at HP. So we had early access to them.

Love these kinds of unique devices

One of my teachers had one of these and I so badly wanted to play with it! thank you for reviewing it and showing the games! It's so cool what it could do for that time.

I have this sitting on my desk right now working. I just changed out the backup battery this week.

I still have mine and it still works great...

I am so absolutely impressed with your tone of voice when you said 640K. Lol most excellent delivery better than I’ve ever heard before props to you dude

My fav laptop of all times. Miss this form factor and mono screen till today. I added extenal COM port, 2 megs of RAM, screen backlight... Pocket Quicken was the best personal finance manager I've ever seen.

I still have my hp95lx and hp200lx, and the pocket modem and a couple of 1MB and 2MB PCMCIA cards. I used the 200lx for many years! I have installed Software Carousel. Still boot it up occasionally for nostalgia. The Solver function in the calculator was by far the best solver I have used, and wish i could replicate that functionality now.

I had this. I loved it I wrote a lot of my short fiction on it. Some was published. Also did note taking for college.

Reminds me of my old Nokia 9110 communicator. I loved that device.

I got an ad for a flagship windows 11 laptop before this; what a fun comparison

I love this device. Not any PDAs and smartphone has such a perfect keyboard and good figures to handle. Just 2 alkaline batteries work for weeks!

Had a 200LX in the 90s since I couldn't afford a "real" laptop that cost thousands and were too clunky and huge so didn't really want one anyways. The fact you got a real x86 powered machine in a handheld size was truly unreal back then. This wasn't just some watered down chipset running a proprietary OS, but the real deal MS-DOS that had tens of thousands of software titles out for it and most non-gaming ran just fine.

Ooh nostalgic. Got the first of that series, the 95LX, from my grandpa, in the early noughties. Super outdated even by then, but I adored it, as a nerdy kid. Learnt a lot of my first words in english trying to understand the contents of the 1000+ page manual. Must have thrown the computer away after its hinges broke, would love to have it back.

I was born too late to have had any experience with PalmTops, I only started with PDAs. Other than that though, when I did learn of it, I was definitely impressed.

Nice presentation. I especially like the Rex syncing at the end. That was a trick I always wanted to try, but never bought a Rex when they were big. I still have my HP200LX (and a 100LX too) and a bunch of add-ons. I have a 4GB Sandisk CF card that works in the HP (although partitioned into multiple disks IIRC). I have the DoubleSpeed variant with the 8MB expansion. I used it for on-the-go DOS development (mostly scripting) back in the day. You could even run AOL 1.6 on it (via the serial port) and get on the internet at one point!

thanks for great content!

I had one back in the day. Gat a modem that pluged irto the serial port, hooked that to the bag phone in my car. Thus I could access the company network. No one could figure out how I was getting my data in the system while still on the road! I miss that little 'puter! That was the neatest portable device ever.

I got the HP OmniGo 700LX, which is basically a 200LX with 2MB RAM and a spot to clip on a Nokia 2110. I love tinkering with it from time to time.

I used to own one of these in the late 90s (post '96). I remember Windows 3.11 could run on this and Ultima was a great game to play on it. I wish I still had mine. I sold it in the 2010s online. Watching your video brought a tear to my eye .. Oh the memories.

Production values is off the charts

great video mate I love your content

PDA inside PDA! Wow, amazing 👍

That Rex HP combo reminds me of the Seiko watch you could put upon a docking station for information swaps and/or text input.

Fantastic. I love both those devices. I was lucky enough to get an HP 95LX back in the day from someone that upgraded to an HP 200LX. Both brilliant machines and I did quite a bit of word processing on it at the time. Thanks for sharing!

Mind blowing!

Ive always wanted one of those.

Great video!

Thank you! Ahhh. The memories. I remember parking the HD my buddies $2500 8088. He never wanted to let me inside the thing. That looks like a newer version of a Poqet PC I've still got that a different buddy gave me. It has the CMOS version of the 8088, a 80C88 running at 7MHZ, 64 KB SRAM. Also 640 x 200. Running DOS 3.3. Runs on two AA's. Got the book and mobidem wireless modem too, with spare battery and charger. lol

Adaptors on adaptors on adaptors. I love that it actually worked >.

beers on me, thanks for showing us such an unique device!

Great video

Had an Atari Portfolio, a Sharp PC3000 and a HP 200LX... loved me some handhelds back in the day.

Still got mine 👍🏻 Those were the days 😁

i still have have mine. it's cool!!

Had one of those back in the day. The 80186 includes much of the support chips needed for the 8086. However, its integrated interrupt controller is different than that the 8086 PC's. So games using interrupts bay crash. I think some of the Tandy PCs had the same issue. Did a lot of design using the 80186. Real nice to use in embedded systems as that is what it was designed for.

I wonder if you can partition the 128MB SD card into 4 32MB partitions to speed up the filesystem on this device. Anyway great video, and a interesting device

Love your videos. Please do one on the Nokia Communicator. best phone Nokia ever made in my opinion.